Tuscannoga, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Groveland-Mascotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34736. The Survey maps it on the Mascotte quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mascotte quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
176 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Tuscannoga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,704 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 11 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | YOUTH CAMP RD (35) |
| 1 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | INDIGO RD (35) |
| 12 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Tuscannoga: 7 producers, 2 prospects, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Peat, Diatomite, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Florida Excavating - Brown Fish Pond | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Florida Crushed Stone - Center Hill Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| L.J.Stephens Transp., Centerhill Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| C & C Peat - Honeycut Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Center Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Center Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hillary Peat - Heneycut Lake Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Mabel Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Reliable Peat - Youth Camp Mine | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slones Ridge | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mascotte | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Groveland | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pumpkin Center | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Okahumpka | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Orange Blossom | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bay Lake | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Clermont | 10.4 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122559734 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294954. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.





